Nina Biljanovska
Last Updated: April 8, 2021
Nina Biljanovska is an Economist at the Macro-Financial Division of the Research Department. Previously she worked in the Institute for Capacity Development and on the Brazil and Ecuador teams in the Western Hemisphere Department. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Goethe University Frankfurt. Her research interests include macro-policy, financial regulation, and behavioral finance.
Email: NBILJANOVSKA@imf.org
Personal WebPage: https://sites.google.com/site/biljanovska/
Education:
PhD Economics, Goethe University Frankfurt, 2010-2015
MSc Money and Finance, Goethe University Frankfurt, 2008-2010
BSc Business Administration, UNYP, Czech Republic, 2004-2008
Previous Experience:
Economist Program, IMF Institute for Capacity Development, Sep 2015-Mar 2017
Economist Program, IMF Western Hemisphere Department, Mar 2017-Sep 2018
Referee Activities:
International Journal of Central Banking, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Financial Stability, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control
Awards and Honors:
IMF Innovation Initiative, Building Indexes of Behavioral Biases (team member), $35K
Current Position:
Economist, IMF Research Department, Macro-Financial Division
Country work or Mission Assignment:
Cyprus (Art. IV, 2023), Brazil (Art. IV, 2017, 2018), Ecuador, Singapore (capacity development), Georgia (capacity development)
Work in progress:
Optimal Mortgage Regulation and Income Inequality, joint with Alexandros Vardoulakis
Field of Expertise:
Public Finance
Open Economy Macroeconomics
Macro-Financial Issues
Economic Modeling